Dump & Haul Trucks
WHEN it comes to maintaining and repairing heavy earth moving equipment, it takes knowledge and experience to carry out the work to the highest standard and in the least amount of time.
Elphinstone Mechanical Services (EMS) is a family- owned WA-based company that has grown to service clients across Australia and South Africa.
Keeping a minesite up and running 24 hours a day is no mean feat and it takes a diversely skilled team to manage everything from unexpected repairs to scheduled maintenance and rebuilds.
EMS has grown to cater to the demands made by modern mining companies to keep production processes in motion – particularly in the area of large haul and dump trucks and the huge excavators they serve in an endless procession.
The 50 field service technicians and more than 30 site-based staff include HV electricians to deal with electric drive trucks and earthmoving equipment, auto electricians to handle repairs on mobile plant running 48V or less, boiler makers to take care of repairs to truck trays, chassis and pins, and heavy duty mechanics to make sure that the mechanically driven haul fleet is always operational.
Mining companies and contractors need a service company that can handle any problem as quickly as possible to minimise downtime, and when that company has a range of specialists to make that happen, a great deal of comfort is created.
EMS tackles the big jobs on a regular basis – complete machine overhauls, component rebuilds, day to day scheduled maintenance, breakdown repairs, on site welding and line boring services, auto electrical and high voltage mining equipment repairs.
Due to the company’s diversity, EMS now manages the scheduled service and maintenance of heavy duty mobile plant for a number of customers around the world, while others also require scheduled rebuilds where the crew strips the machine back to a bare chassis and re- assembles it with any and all repairs, refurbishments and replacements carried out before it returns to service.